On Mar 11, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
On Mar 11, 2011, at 6:11 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
On Mar 11, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Daniel Belin wrote:
Are we aware of how much the infrastructure has been damaged yet? Are aftershocks still going?
Subway & bus lines are still down. Fire at the nuke plant has been put out, no radiation detected, but they still evacuated a couple thousand residents because the backup generator failed & the water pump is not pumping.
I hear that there is now rising radiation levels outside the plant and US is flying in some dampers in hopes to resolve the situation.
Here is what the IAEA has to say about the situation http://www.iaea.org/press/?p=1133 Japanese officials have also reported that pressure is increasing inside the Unit 1 reactor’s containment, and the officials have decided to vent the containment to lower the pressure. The controlled release will be filtered to retain radiation within the containment. TEPCO has a lot more detail http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031203-e.html http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031209-e.html Regards Marshall
Owen